Joke van Rijswijk

{{short description|Dutch Paralympic athlete}}

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{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1980 Arnhem | High jump A }}

{{MedalGold | 1984 Stoke Mandeville | Long jump B1 }}

{{MedalBronze | 1984 Stoke Mandeville | High jump B1 }}

{{MedalBronze | 1984 Stoke Mandeville | 100 metres B1 }}

{{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | Long jump B1 }}

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Joke van Rijswijk (born 1954){{Cite web |title=Ambassadeur Joke van Rijswijk |url=https://www.unieksporten.nl/gelderland-sport-onbeperkt/ambassadeurs/148/ambassadeur-joke-van-rijswijk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104182537/https://www.unieksporten.nl/gelderland-sport-onbeperkt/ambassadeurs/148/ambassadeur-joke-van-rijswijk |archive-date=4 January 2021 |access-date=4 January 2021 |website=Gelderland sport onbeperkt |language=nl}} is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. She represented the Netherlands in athletics at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics and at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/joke-van-rijswijk |title=Joke van Rijswijk |website=paralympic.org}} In total, she won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Paralympics.

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the women's high jump A event. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the women's long jump B1 and bronze medals in the women's high jump B1 and women's 100 metres B1 events. At the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea, she won the gold medal in the women's long jump B1 event.

The Joke van Rijswijk Award is named after her. The award is given to people or organisations that have made contributions to sports for people with disabilities.